Julius P MartinAge: 92 years1865–1957
- Name
- Julius P Martin
- Given names
- Julius P
- Surname
- Martin
Shared note: Harold R Martin Obituary and Family Listing
 Birth | February 12, 1865 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 22 months)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 22 months)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 3 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 12 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Alice Perdrizet — View this family January 20, 1892 (Age 26 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Harold Ray Martin August 18, 1894 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 6, 1900 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a wife | Alice Perdrizet April 3, 1915 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 50 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 51 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 52 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Marriage of a child | Harold Ray Martin — Leone Elizabeth Bruce — View this family August 6, 1919 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Carol Jean Martin June 15, 1921 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 64 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 76 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 84 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 80 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | July 9, 1957 (Age 92 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pine Lake Cemetery |
| Family with Alice Perdrizet |
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Julius P Martin Birth: February 12, 1865 — Ohio, United States Death: July 9, 1957 — Knox, Starke, Indiana, United States |
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Alice Perdrizet Birth: July 30, 1868 — Clermont, Ohio, United States Death: April 3, 1915 — Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: January 20, 1892 — Delaware, Indiana, United States |
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Harold Ray Martin Birth: August 18, 1894 29 26 — Winamac, Pulaski, Indiana, United States Death: March 24, 1986 — Illinois, United States |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Julius P Martin - Household
Center, LaPorte, Indiana, United States
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| Name | Harold R Martin Obituary and Family Listing
The Rev. Harold R. Martin, 91, of Bloomington, a minister at Second Presbyterian Church, Bloomington, for more than 30 years, died at 5:10 p.m. yesterday (March 24, 1986) at the Martin Healthcare Center, Bloomington.
He was born Aug. 18, 1894, at Lima, Ohio, a son of Julius P. and Alice Perdrizet Martin.
He first married Leone Bruce. She died June 26, 1921.
He later married Alice Shonkwiler on Oct. 9, 1923, at Washington, D.C. She survives.
Other survivors include two daughters, Carol Dyer, Indianapolis, and Susie Martin Shew, Toledo, Ohio; 11 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one son and one sister.
The Rev. Martin was a graduate of LaPorte High School, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, and McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago. He also attended Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, N.J.
He was commissioned an Army First Lieutenant and Chaplain toward the close of World War I.
After the war, he served as pastor at many churches in Indiana. He was minister at Second Presbyterian Church, Bloomington, from 1930 to 1962.
The Rev. Martin was named moderator of the Presbyterian Church of the USA during the 169th General Assembly of the church from 1957 to 1958, when the church was joined with the United Presbyterian Church. While moderator, the Rev. Martin preached a sermon to President Eisenhower and members of Congress. He also traveled to many parts of the United States as well as foreign countries, including countries in Latin America and the Far East.
He received honorary degrees from Monmouth College, Monmouth; Millikin University, Decatur; and Illinois College, Jacksonville.
The medical center at Bloomington's Westminster Village was named after him.
He was a former member of General Assembly's Commission on Church Union and the National Council of United Presbyterian Men. The Rev. Martin was a former president of the board of directors of the Immanuel Bible Foundation and was a contributing editor of The Presbyterian Outlook magazine.
The Pantagraph
Bloomington, Illinois ·
Tuesday, March 25, 1986
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112971889/harold_r_martin |